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Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components

Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components. Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry Fourth Edition (469T or 469). Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components. Identify and describe system input components. Identify and describe system output components.

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Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components

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  1. Chapter 2Hospitality Technology Components Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry Fourth Edition (469T or 469)

  2. Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components • Identify and describe system input components. • Identify and describe system output components. • Explain the function of a system’s central processing unit and distinguish read-only memory from random access memory. • Identify and describe common external storage devices. (continued)

  3. Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components (continued) • Explain how the processing capability and speed of a system are measured. • Identify and describe components or devices commonly added on to a system. • Explain the function of an operating system. • Identify and describe hardware components fundamental to Internet operations.

  4. Input Components Keyboards · Function keys ·  Alphabet keys ·  Cursor control keys ·  Numeric keys Touch-screen terminals Other input components · Mouse ·  Scanner ·  Voice recognition ·  Personal digital assistant (PDA)

  5. Monitors · Color graphics adapter (CGA · Enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) · Video graphics array (VGA) · Super video graphics array (SVGA) · Liquid crystal display (LCD) · Gas plasma (GA)

  6. Printers ·  Impact/nonimpact printers ·  Dot matrix printers ·  Thermal printers ·  Ink jet printers ·  Laser printers

  7. ROM/RAM Read-only memory (ROM) · “Reads” but cannot “write” · Nonvolatile memory Random access memory (RAM) · Read/write memory · Volatile memory

  8. External Storage Devices Magnetic tapes · Sequential access medium Magnetic disks · Formatting · Random access medium · Diskette/floppy disks · Zip disks Hard disks CD technology · Compact disc—read (CD-R) · Compact disc— ReWritable (CD-RW) · Digital versatile disc (DVD)

  9. Input/Output Bus System ·  Data bus—transports data. ·  Address bus—directs operations. ·  Control bus—transports instructions.

  10. Computer Add-Ons ·Expanded memory ·Extended memory ·Internal modem ·Fax board ·Interface boards ·Network interface card (NIC)

  11. Basic Operating System Functions ·  Formats disks/discs. ·  Displays content of storage media. ·  Copies files. ·  Compares contents of copied files. ·  Deletes files.

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